03-11-2021, 01:03 PM
Yeah, yeah, yeah -- under Marxist claptrap the State fades away as socialism evolves into communism.
Maybe I am wrong to see Marx' idea of communism as the end of scarcity and plenty of ease in which people largely do things (like writing, art, performance) for their own sake. Many people who hate their jobs identify themselves with their gardens of beautiful flowers and other plants. This said, capitalism also has the potential to create a world without scarcity. Status symbols will be meaningless, and command-and-control will be pointless in the workplace.
Maybe I am wrong to see Marx' idea of communism as the end of scarcity and plenty of ease in which people largely do things (like writing, art, performance) for their own sake. Many people who hate their jobs identify themselves with their gardens of beautiful flowers and other plants. This said, capitalism also has the potential to create a world without scarcity. Status symbols will be meaningless, and command-and-control will be pointless in the workplace.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.